Bernie Bryan left happily, but Kayama Hisamoru was on the other side of Sakurajima, quietly watching the British ships leave, excited. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He felt that he had gained a vital piece of information.

"Damn the Chechitans! It's making waves at this time! Hearing Kayama Kumori's report, Shimazu Mitsuhisa's brows furrowed into a Sichuan character.

Right now, this is the time when the Satsuma clan is most tested.

Not only do they have to deal with the problems of the Zheng clan, but they also have to deal with the aggressiveness of the Ming envoys, and it won't be long before Abe Tadaaki, who is from Edo, arrives in the Satsuma domain to check on the progress of the evacuation of the Ryukyus.

At this time, the already destroyed Chechi Dan cultists popped up again, which really gave Shimazu Mitsuhisa an indescribable headache.

If it's really a small fight, maybe the people below will not bother Shimazu Mitsuhisa who has been entangled in everything recently. It can be occupied by Sakurajima, and in the scheduled itinerary, there is also a trip to Sakurajima to enjoy cherry blossoms. Even if Shimazu Mitsu doesn't go for a long time, maybe he will take the VIPs Wang Fuzhi, Zheng Sen, Zheng Zhilong and others.

Of course, Wang Fuzhi may gladly agree. But Zheng Zhilong must be worried about coming to a Hongmen banquet, and he is not sensitive.

Gossip aside, now that the villa in Xianyan is occupied by the Chechi Dan cultists, Shimazu Mitsuhisa will definitely not take anyone with him. Naturally, I have to tell Shimazu Mitsuhisa.

"I see...... Let's put a copy of these things first. There are more important things that we need to deal with, some of the rioters...... Could there be any greater trouble on that barren island? Mitsuhisa Shimazu endured the irritability in his heart and wanted to open the page.

But as if the birched mountain was evil, he threw out another message: "Tell the lord...... I saw the British galleons stop at Sakurajima to trade with the Chechitans. ”

"Damn the British!" Shimazu Mitsuhisa suddenly stood up as if he had been touched by a sensitive point, but then said helplessly: "If it was in the past, I could still stop them and ask them why they didn't pay enough tariffs." But for now, I just want them to be as far away from diversity. Who knew that he would run here at this critical juncture! ”

In the past, relations between Japan and European colonizers were quite harmonious.

Because the war requires, everyone needs new financial resources to increase their strength. At this time, not only the shogunate but also the daimyo in various regions were keen to engage in trade and trade. Western colonists flocked to Japan, including the Dutch, Spanish, British, and Portuguese.

But soon their honeymoon period was over.

Not only did Japan's foreign expansion conflict with the Europeans, but the biggest reason was that the scourge of the Shimabara Rebellion made the shogunate feel that doing business with the Europeans would definitely be infiltrated by their religion and make its people no longer submit to the shogun's rule. As a result, the country changes color.

As a result, the closure of chicken feathers in one place was carried out.

Not only were the European colonists expelled, but even the daimyo were severely restricted from trading with the European colonizers. Although Shimazu Mitsuhisa knew that trade could be profitable, he would strengthen himself and solve the financial gap that had been so desperately needed.

But it is good that if this causes the suspicion of the shogunate, it will suppress the Satsuma clan in the next series of troubles, lest the Satsuma clan take this opportunity to grow to the point of breaking away from the shogunate. Then, Shimazu Mitsuhisa's life is particularly sad. When the time comes, not to mention how to devour the fat sheep of the Zheng family, even the preferential policies for trade and trade promised by the shogunate may be aborted.

"Very good...... Very good...... Birchama has been guarding for a long time, and your news has been reported in a timely manner. He is a retainer I trust. Although Shimazu Mitsuhisa was reluctant to hear bad news, as a wise leader, he knew that now was not the time to lose his temper, and he kept the greatest composure and praised his loyal men.

Kayama Hisamori was excited, the failure of the last raid was a huge shadow in his heart, shrouded in his heart, and it was extremely uncomfortable. And now, an opportunity is in front of him, and he is ashamed.

"Serve the Lord, never give up!" Kayama Hisamori used an idiom that racked his brains to come up with, and he was very excited.

Unconsciously, the Chinese language has recently become popular in Japanese middle schools. This was true not only of the Satsuma Domain, but also of Edo. Although everyone said that Edo would definitely be one of the five treaty ports. However, the Edo people did not slack off because of this, and they were very active in making friendly relations with the Akito and expressing their sincerity.

Naturally, learning Chinese and speaking Chinese has become a very direct part.

"I need you to find out what the Chezhidans are all about...... How many people do they have, and what kind of power do they have? You can pacify them all with as many people as you use. "The tenacity of the Chechitan sect impressed Shimazu Mitsuhisa, who had personally sent troops to quell the rebellion as the chief general of the Satsuma Domain.

However, in the face of the siege of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops for several years, the Chezhidan cultists were tenacious and tenacious, and held out for nearly three years.

You know, there are only about 20,000 of them. It is not more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, but there are only more than 20,000 people including women, children, old and children.

"Yes. Yes, sir! "Kayama Kumori is gone.

Mitsuhisa Shimazu held his forehead and fell into deep thought.

His goal was originally very clear, since the Zheng clan was useless, then devour the Zheng clan and make up for his losses. In fact, it's something that could have been easily done.

In the past, the Satsuma Domain was able to attack the Ryukyus as a country, and now it is not difficult for a mere maritime business.

It can happen one after another.

The first was the failure of Kashiyama Kumori's operation.

Immediately after that, an even bigger trouble came. With pressure from Edo and the bait from the treaty ports, Shimazu Mitsuhisa had to stop his ugly plan.

Mitsuhisa Shimazu is not a fool, and of course he understands that there must be Zheng's actions in this. The only one who can come up with these ideas is Zheng Sen, who is called the young master. What is Zheng Zhilong's background and what kind of methods he usually makes, Shimazu Mitsu has been familiar with it for a long time, and he can probably guess it.

The only one who can punch together like this is this young and vigorous Zheng Sen, who has a lot of strange ideas.

Zheng Sen not only formed a force of soldiers and horses by himself, but even unified the forces within the Zheng clan in a fairly short period of time and established an armed force of thousands of people. They are entrenched in the range of the Kushikino to Chinatown generation, even if Zheng Sen wants to use force, he will not be able to gnaw it for a while.

What's more, he is obviously not the only one who wants to gnaw on the Zheng family now. And Akito......

Wang Fuzhi also showed interest in the Zheng family.

Letting the fat out of the mouth is not Shimazu Mitsuhisa's style.

When Wang Fuzhi proposed this motion, Shimazu Mitsuhisa slurred. He had already conceded the Ryukyus once, and he could not give up the Zheng clan again.

"My lord, I've already negotiated with the Tosa Domain. They are also interested in the Zheng family, but in this way, we may not be able to monopolize it. Yamada said softly.

"At least, the Tosa people are easier to deal with than the Edo or Ming people." Zheng Sen found Wang Fuzhi's ally, and of course Shimazu Mitsuhisa could also find an ally. Of course, the Tosa Domain, like the Satsuma Domain, struggled with financial problems and had to wait decades for it to return to normal. Compared to the Shogunate of Edo and the Princes of the Ming Dynasty, the Tosa Domain was obviously easier to control. At that time, it can occupy a more advantageous position in the distribution of fertilizer.

Yamada bowed down, but his instincts told him that it wasn't that simple.

At the very least, if you want to independently swallow the population, wealth, and ships of the Zheng clan from the Ming people, you must not only perfunctory the Ming people smoothly, but also ensure that you are not in chaos internally.

And at this time, the Chezhi Dan disciples who came out were like a heaven-shattering thunder that erupted from time to time, which filled Yamada Yurong's heart with gloom.

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Kayama Kumori didn't bring his own samurai, and as the one who inadvertently recruited these Kiritan cultists to loot, he knew a lot about Amakusa Kuji's people.

They are very sensitive, delicate in their hearts, and seem to have a special sensitivity to the samurai, in particular.

Put simply, they are keenly aware of those who are hostile to them.

Kayama Kumori disguised himself as a businessman, which was not difficult for Kayama Kumori, who had presided over the family shop business in his youth. But he had no faith in his reckless and arrogant samurai, so he simply went in alone.

Sakurajima has only been half a month, and the spring at the end of March has come to an end, and the weather is gradually starting to heat up. In the third month of the lunar calendar, when everything was growing rapidly, leaving the vast green rice fields of the Osumi Peninsula, Hisamori Kayamayama arrived at Sakurajima Island in a small boat.

Compared to the last time I sneaked in, Sakurajima has changed a lot.

First of all, the dock has been expanded, which Kayama Hisamoru does not care. It was the work of the Chinese, and the expeditionary company settled in Xianyan and built a house as a base office. Shimazu Mitsuhisa was very happy to learn that the expeditionary company was going to come to the Satsuma Domain to do business, believing that this was an advantage for the Satsuma Clan to expand trade with China, and gladly agreed, and allocated the place where the Xianyan generation had planned to build villas to the Chinese.

The expansion of the terminal is clearly the work of the Chinese, who are highly skilled and industrious, and when the latest expansion is completed, they will be able to berth directly from China's No. 2 Fu ship.

Along the way, Kayama Kumori is like a traveler, enjoying the scenery of Sakura Island. But in my heart, I fell into deep doubts, could these Chezhidan disciples be ghosts made by the Chinese?

It's a beautiful place, but before that, Sakurajima, which didn't produce food, couldn't feed too many people. But now, there is a constant influx of Chezhidans.

Originally, it was said that there were only a few hundred people, but now that you look at it, there are at least 2,000 local Japanese. If they were all Chezhidans, it would be too terrible. How long has it been?

The Chinese don't have this ability, maybe the Zheng family is playing ghosts. Zheng had been doing business with the Dutch and had always wanted to change to a new European colonizer as a customer. The British have a good reputation, and compared with Wang Fuzhi, Zheng is more suspicious.

But in any case, this is not good news.

All the way in, Huashan Jiushou gradually came to Xianyan.

Compared with the cold and deserted appearance before, now Xianyan is much more lively. It was originally a villa area full of open space, but now, there are stalls on the grass. Merchants with accents from all over Japan are hawking and setting up stalls.

There, a few blonde Europeans shouted words that Hisamoru Kayama didn't understand, and he had a premonition that something was wrong. A familiar figure appeared in front of Kayama Kumori, forcing him to quickly hide.

That's Kuji Amakusa.

What seems to be a heated negotiation between Kuji Amakusa and the businessman who looks like an Englishman has made a deal.

The group went to the dock again, and it didn't take long for something to happen that made Birakiyama Jiumori's heart heavy.

One ......

No, at least three Hongyi cannons were taken off the ship. There are also boxes of wooden boxes that have been carried in, and some of them don't even have lids, so you can see the inside directly.

It was iron cannon after iron cannon, and it was also the iron cannon of foreigners.

"Damn it...... If that's the case, I'm afraid our people won't be able to land on Sakurajima at all! Kayama Kumori closed his gaze heartbrokenly, he felt that he had not waited for an opportunity to operate, but had been involved in a big trouble.

Just imagine, if you can't lead the troops to quell the chaos, then I'm afraid this will be a place that makes you feel even more desperate.

Once defeated, the feudal lord can also show his magnanimity and give him another chance.

But if he fails again, I'm afraid that without Shimazu Mitsuhisa, he himself can commit suicide by seppuku.

"Huashan Sang, I didn't expect that we would meet here." Just as Kayama Hisamori hid in a small alley with his cloak, Amakusa Kuji appeared in front of him.

Birch Shan looked at his former subordinates, the homeless people who had been driven by himself to be extremely respectful, and his expression was complicated: "How did you find me?" I'm confident that there's nothing out of the ordinary. ”

"The help of the farmers, of course." Amakusa Kuji smiled and said, "When you landed on Sakurajima, the farmers of your farm recognized you. ”

"Peasants? Isn't it the Cheechitan cultists who flock in from all over the country? Except for the Chezhidans who have such tenacity and tenacity, how could it be that a group of peasants defeated me? Do you think farmers can be trusted? Joke! They are shameless and filthy, robbing and killing lone samurai, greedy for money, lustful, cunning and incompetent. He lied, and as soon as there were bandits, he asked the samurai for help, and the samurai came, but he didn't give anything. They are the most cunning, asking for rice but not giving rice, and asking wheat to say no. Actually, there are all of them. You lift the floor, not in the basement but in the storage room. You used a group of peasants to spy on me? I don't believe it! They are the most stingy, the most despicable, unkind, and ignorant of etiquette. is the most hateful existence. You even said that it was the peasants who helped you find me? You've become an abominable liar too! Hisamori Kayama shouted angrily.

He could tolerate being defeated by a clever opponent, but he couldn't imagine himself being defeated by a group of lowly mud legs.